Great Scott! (1864; EYE OF THE STORM gems)

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   From EYE OF THE STORM.

Pg. 147, November 26 and 27, 1863:
   ...and the Sanitary Commission camp at a half demolished house known as
"The Shebang."

Pg. 167, November 30, 1863:
   ..up all night cooking "scouse"*...
*"Scouse" was slang for a soldier-cooked dish.

Pg. 167, November 30, 1863:
   I awake stiff and sore enough, and for the first time in prison found out
what "sleeping on the soft side of a plank" meant!

Pg. 169, December 2, 1863:
   The sinks*...
*Sink was the name for a latrine.

Pg. 225, May 3 to 5, 1864:
   "Great Scott," who would have thought that this would be the destiny of
the Union Volunteer in 1861-2 while marching down Broadway to the tune of
"John Brown's Body," etc!

Pg. 239, July 4, 1864:
   ...all went "on the double"...

Pg. 242, July 5 to 10, 1864:
   Each had thirty-two pound balls riveted to his legs with a heavy ox chain.
 These Wirz playfully termed "Confederate watches."

Pg. 273, November 24, 1864:
   Dr. White acknowledged that "he had a white elephant" on his hands...

Pg. 296, December 20, 1864:
   At the sinks, which are a long way from the barracks, many men were
"mugged" and robbed.